Aussies spin the PM wheel too

Yours is not the only so-called democracy in a whirlwind of political and social change. Putting Italy aside, Australia is fast catching up to you. 

Since John Howard was trashed at in the 2007 election, we have had Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd again, Tony Abbott and now Malcolm Turnbull. Of these, Gillard, second-time Rudd and Turnbull achieved office through midnight political coups, not through the ballot box.

Regardless, since I am putting my money on Prime Minister Prayut, I am also putting money on Prime Minister Turnbull. General elections and the popular vote are not the be all and end all.

David Brown